402 XCI. SCROPHULARIACE^. Herpestis. 



Yellmo Monkeij Flower. — Ascending or erect ; Ivs. orbicular-ovate or oblong, 

 lower long-petiolate, sublyrate, upper sessile or clasping, many-veined ; iir.d. 

 .onger than the leaves; cai. / titjc uvoid, upper toorh largest; cur. /Mic broad, 

 twice longer than the calyx. — California and Chili. Flowers yellow, ol'ten 

 spotted with rose or purple, -f 



4. M. CARDiNAr^is. Doug. Cardinal Monkey FUncer. — Erect, branched, vil- 

 lous ; Ivs. ovate, erose-dentate, narrowed and amplexicaul at base, mah}'- 

 veiiied; pcd. longer than the leaves; cal. tube large, inflated; cor. lobes reflexed. 

 — Caliibrnia. Stem loosely branched, 2 — 3f high. Corolla scarlet, the tube 

 hardly longer than the calj'x, limb large and brilliant, f 



11. CONOBEA. Aublet. 

 Calyx 5-parted, equal ; upper lip of the corolla 2-lobed, lower lip 

 3-parted ; fertile sta. 4 ; anth. approximating by pairs, cells parallel ; 

 caps, globose, ovoid, valves breaking away from the placentiferous dis- 

 sepiment j seeds 00, ovoid. — American.^ branching herbs, with opposUe 

 Ivs. Peel, axillary, solitary or in pairs, 1 -JiowcrecL, 2 bracteoles near ape.c. 

 C. MULTiFiDA. Benth. (Capraria. Michx. Leucospora. NulU) 

 Low, diffusely branched, puberulent ; lis. petiolate, pinnately dis.sected, 

 segments linear or cuneate, lobed or entire, obtuse ; cor. lobes entire ; caps, ovoid, 

 valves at length S-parted. — 01 Along the banks of the Ohio, (Clark!) and other 

 western rivers, common. A plant 4 — 6' high, with finely divided leaves, and 

 of a grayish aspect. Leaves 1' long, in 5 or 7 segments, the petiole as long as 

 the flowers. Corolla greenish, hardly exceeding the calyx. Capsirle li" long. Tl. 



12. HERPESTIS. Gaert. 



Gr. Ip-rrrjCTrji, acreeiier; from the prostrate habit of the plants- 



Calyx 5-parted, unequal ; cor. subbilabiate, upper lip emarginate 

 or 2-lobed, lower 3-lobed ; sta. 4, didynamous, parallel ; caps. 2-fur- 

 rowed, 2-celled, valves parallel with the dissepiment, the margins in- 

 flexed ; seeds 00, small. — Obscure weeds toith opposite Ivs. -Fed. 1- 

 fiowerccl, axillary or subraccmose, often with 2 bracteoles near the calyx. 



1. H. ROTUNDiFOLiA. Ph. (Monncria rotundifblia. Mkhx.) 



St. mostly glabrous, creeping; /vs. orbicular-obovate, entire, glabrous, 

 many-veined ; pedicels ebracteate, 1 — 3-together, 2 or 3 times longer than the 

 calyx; loirer cal. seg. ovate; cor. I longer than the calyx. — A prostrate mud 

 plant, in ponds, 111. iWear^.' to La. Stem If in length. 'Leaves 6— 12' diam., 

 about 9-veined, sessile. Peduncles thick, half as long as the leaves. Calyx 

 2 — 3" in length. Flowers blue. 



2. H. MiCRANTHA. Pur.sh. 



Glabrous, prostrate ; Ivs. oval, entire, sessile or cla-sping, obscurely many- 

 veined ; pedicels ebracteate, nearly as long as the leaves; caLlwir seg. cor- 

 date ; cor. scarcely longer than the calyx.— Borders of pools and rivers,' N. J. 

 Penn. to Va. A minute weed, 2 — 4' fn length, with minute flowers. Leaves 

 about 3" by 2", 5 — 7-veined. Flowers less than 2" long, blue 1 Aug. 



3. H. ■amplbxicallis. Ph. (Monneria amplexicaulis. Michx.) 



SL floating, woolly; Ivs. amplexicaul, ovate, obtuse, entire, many-veinec, 

 glabrous above ; yjec/. solitary, shorter than the calyx; cal. lotver seg. cordate; 

 cor. i longer than the CR\yx {hi/pogynovs disk long, lO-toothed at apex. — Swamps 

 and ditches, N. J. to La. A 'few' inches in length, with leaves (i — 8" long. 

 Flowers nearlv 5" long. Stvle dilated at the end. Aug. 



4. H. Monneria. Humboldt. (H. cuneifblia. PL Monneria cuneifolia. 

 M.'chx.) — Glabrous, fl-'shy, prostrate ; Ivs. cuneate-obovate, obscurely cre- 



nate or entire; pedicels as long as the leaves, with 2 bracteoles near the calyx ; 

 ioircr cal. seg. ovate. — An obscure weed, on inundated banks, Penn. to Car. 

 Beck, and La. Eaton. Leaves 6 — 8'' long, obscurely veined, subclasping. 

 Flowers very small, pale purple. Aug. 



